MOBILE, Alabama -- Matt Davidson powered his Southern League-leading 11th home run and Tyler Skaggs finally won at home as the Mobile BayBears beat the Tennessee Smokies 3-0 Saturday night at Hank Aaron Stadium.

Davidson's fourth hit in the series was also his second homer against the Smokies. His solo shot in the first inning came off Trey McNutt (2-4), an Alabama native who was rated as the Chicago Cubs' top pitching prospect this year.

McNutt won his past two starts, but he didn't help himself when he issued a bases-loaded walk in the second inning to give Mobile a 2-0 lead.

Skaggs (3-3), the Arizona Diamondbacks' No. 3 prospect, was 0-3 in four home starts before Saturday's game. He left after six innings with a 2-0 lead and having thrown 88 pitches. He had four strikeouts, and only outfielder Mike Burgess figured him out by getting both hits off the left-hander.

"It's been a long time coming," Skaggs said. "Since the Chattanooga series, I felt like I was throwing pretty well."

The BayBears' bullpen continued their mastery with three shutout innings. They've allowed three earned runs in their past 15 innings.

The shutout was the fourth of the season for Mobile.

Rossmel Perez's sacrifice fly in the seventh iced the BayBears' fourth win of the five-game series.

"The whole pitching staff came through," Mobile manager Turner Ward said. "Tyler worked quick, had his good breaking ball and worked both sides of the plate with his fastball. That was a good combination."

"He was so aggressive packing the zone," said Perez, who had the best view from behind the plate. "When you do that, something good is going to happen.

"When you have a fastball, you can do a lot of stuff, too."

Skaggs didn't have to rely on his fastball, he said.

"I'm using the changeup more," he said. "My curveball has been a little shaky, so it's been my out-pitch."

Skaggs upped his strikeout total to 52.

"I'm not worried about the strikeouts," he said. "Honestly, I'm getting ahead of batters and they're just beating the ball into the ground. Strikeouts are strikeouts. I like them, but ground balls are even better."